diff --git a/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Conversation/ConversationBottomBar.swift b/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Conversation/ConversationBottomBar.swift
index e0c2a1405..795140fa5 100644
--- a/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Conversation/ConversationBottomBar.swift
+++ b/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Conversation/ConversationBottomBar.swift
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ struct ConversationComposer: View {
 
     var body: some View {
         let field = HStack(alignment: .bottom, spacing: 10) {
-            TextField("Message", text: $composer.draft, axis: .vertical)
+            TextField(fieldPrompt, text: $composer.draft, axis: .vertical)
                 .font(.appTextMessage)
                 .foregroundStyle(Color.textMain)
                 .tint(.white)
@@ -323,6 +323,15 @@ struct ConversationComposer: View {
         }
     }
 
+    /// The hint names what the field will send. An edit arrives with the existing text already in
+    /// the field, so its hint is never on screen and stays the new-message one.
+    private var fieldPrompt: String {
+        switch composer.mode {
+        case .new, .editing:    "Message"
+        case .replying:         "Reply"
+        }
+    }
+
     /// The confirm button is up for the whole of an edit, as it is in WhatsApp, and only once
     /// there's text to send otherwise.
     private var showsSubmit: Bool { composer.isEditing || composer.canSubmit }